FACTS ABOUT INDIA
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Quotable Quotes
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Albert Einstein said:
"We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count,
without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could
have been made."
Mark Twain said:
"India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace
of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother
of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our
most valuable and most instructive materials in the
history of man are treasured up in India only."
French scholar Romain Rolland said:
"If there is one place on the face of earth where all the
dreams of living men have found a home from the very
earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it
is India."
Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said:
"India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20
centuries without ever having to send a single soldier
across her border."
The great India
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India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700
More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than
60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century CE
was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field
of education.
Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is
the most suitable language for the computer software - a report in
Forbes magazine, July 1987.
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years
ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our
civilization.
Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of
development, India was the richest country on earth until the time
of British in the early 17th Century. Cristopher Columbus was
attracted by her wealth.
The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago.
The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAV
Gatih. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit `Nou'.
Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the
sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by
earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.
The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained
the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He
discovered this in the 6th century long before the European
mathematicians.
Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic
equations were propounded by Sridharacharya in the 11th century.
largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas
Indians used numbers as big as 1053 with specific names as early
5000 BCE during the Vedic period.Even today, the largest used number
is Tera:1012.
According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896,
India was the only source for diamonds to the world.
USA based IEEE proves what has been a century old suspicion in the
world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless
communication was Prof Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
Saurashtra. According to Saka King Rudradaman-I of 150 CE a
beautiful lake aptly called 'Sudarshana' was constructed on the
hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's time.
Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health
scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like
cesareans, contracts, artificial legs, fractures, urinary stones and
even plastic surgery and brain surgery.Usage of anesthesia was well
known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipments were used. Deep
knowledge of anatomy physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion,
metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.
When Europeans were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years
ago,Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus
Valley Civilization)
The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India
100 BC.
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